{"data":{"id":"d7f6b688-fcc1-4b5a-aa5b-ffd8fe3eee9e","title":"CVE-2026-94622: vLLM versions through 0.29.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the NIXL connector's metadata handling for…","summary":"vLLM versions through 0.29.0 contain a denial of service flaw in the NIXL connector's metadata handling for prefill/decode disaggregated deployments. Attackers can send requests with incomplete kv_transfer_params dictionary entries to trigger an uncaught KeyError in EngineCore scheduling, which terminates the decode engine and makes all routed requests fail until a manual restart.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security"],"sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94622","publishedAt":"2026-09-21T22:17:00.960Z","cveId":"CVE-2026-94622","cweIds":["CWE-248"],"cvssScore":"7.5","cvssSeverity":"high","severity":"high","attackType":["denial_of_service"],"issueType":"vulnerability","affectedPackages":null,"affectedPackageNames":null,"affectedPackageRefs":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":["vLLM","NIXL connector"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-5-5","classifierPromptVersion":"v4","summaryPromptVersion":"v2","headline":"vLLM denial of service through NIXL connector metadata handling","headlinePromptVersion":"h1","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","attackVector":"network","attackComplexity":"low","privilegesRequired":"none","userInteraction":"none","exploitMaturity":"unknown","epssScore":0.00627,"epssCheckedAt":"2026-11-10T00:11:23.986Z","kevDateAdded":null,"advisoryAliases":["GHSA-4h5x-w852-6g2x"],"affectedPackagesSource":null,"affectedPackagesCheckedAt":"2026-11-08T06:09:40.411Z","patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-09-21T22:17:00.960Z","fixReleasedAt":null,"daysToFix":null,"fixCheckedAt":null,"capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"trivial","impactType":["availability"],"aiComponentTargeted":"inference","llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.95,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null,"fixes":[]}}